Nit: All non-Protestant beliefs are Satanic, remember the admonistion not to ask the Virgin Mary for “help” at the end? (And I can assume he doesn’t like JWs or Mormons (who could arguably be called “Christian”)
And, on top of everything else, we get a nice heaping dose of western cultural imperialism too, combined with a strawman on top. Yes, if someone can actually find a Native American sect which operates like this one does, I’ll take everything back.
And…he actually had a character say “Stop it, you’re killing me!”?!? LOL! If anyone thought this one was a Poe’s Law style parody, I wouldn’t blame them.
No. Different angels are described differently, in different books.
Angels who interact with humans (such as the Archangels) generally appear in human form (though not, typically, winged). Ones who generally only interact with God, and only show around humans when He wants to awe us…less so.
Wheels; beings with four wings, four faces (those of an ox, a human, an eagle, and a lion), and hooves, followed by flame and lightning; 6 winged beings whose wings obscure their form…
The vibe I generally get from Chick is that he’s really aiming at people who are already nominal Christians, but in the lukewarm mainstream or maybe even only culturally so (Wedding, Funeral and Christmas Christians), who are not very clear of what the doctrines really are; he feels they need to be scared into moving in his direction.
Of course, his direction is wack, but he doesn’t care, he expects to be HAW HAW HAWing with faceless Jesus while you and I do the backstroke in the lake of burning brimstone.
If that one woman had a shotgun and was perfectly willing to murder someone in cold blood with it in broad daylight, why did they bother screwing around with Crazy Wolf in the first place?
“I’m going to kill you, Mary! I’m going to rip out your heart!.. Here I am.” That last line seems a bit unnecessary.
“And Satan went nuts!” 
So why didn’t Margaret just blow Mary away with her trusty ol’ shotgun, too, while she was at it? (Edit: What pravnik said)
I also like the bit at the end:
Did you accept Jesus Christ as your own personal saviour? Yes [] No []
Will you go to the spring dance with me? Yes [] No []
I’m pretty sure Jack Chick converted himself with his own tracts.
It’s as if he reviews them periodically, them chooses a new object or non-protestant cultural more to insert into his old formulas. Each time he adds a non sequitor, he adopts it as the “god’s honest truth.”
This man doesn’t need the bible, he creates his own circular arguments.
I think he’s playing to the Chicklets out there. People who already basically believe this particular brand of crazy but might backslide into sanity due to exposure to the real world. Chick tracts are there to remind them not to trust anyone around them, including family and friends. Sure they may seem like good people who are trying to help you - but they’re actually tools of Satan!!! The only people you can trust are your fellow cult members.
Yes it is, and JTC has had a long tradition of portraying him with a light bulb head. OTOH, in the fairly early * tract “High There!” we see a vague face through the light. The idea is that the Bible portrays Jesus at the Judgment as having a face that shines like the sun.
- Don’t let the copyright date fool you. It’s been updated from its first appearance in the 70’s, and Sickie Chickie never mentions earlier copyright dates.
(For a review of this tract, see this page.)
Trans Fat Og
(Yep, it’s me!)
So Chick stole “Boom Boom” Washington’s catch phrase? 
I would love to see a meeting between Jack Chick and Fred Phelps. No idea what would happen, but I bet it would be interesting.
It’d be a death match, for sure.
There can be only one.
Well, it’s doubtful. Welcome Back Kotter debuted September 9, 1975 and the original tract had a cover date of 1975. Unless the tract was really written in 1974, or within the first eight months of 1975, the connection is not ruled out. Still, “Hi There!” was no doubt a common phrase by then, just not connected with any personage or character (AFAIK).
You never know. Jack-Asshat is so crazy that all Phelps would have to do is say something that sounds heretical to him–
… and then he would accuse PHELPS of being gay!!!
Trans Fat Og, Global Village Idiot
Yep, I’m that Charter Mermber.
Wow. That’s not just stepping on a joke; that’s jumping up and down on it.
Oh my God, yes. So do wizards, warlocks, mediums, Satanists, shamans, and even Harry Potter-wannabe children reading out of books of “magik spells”. In Chick World, it’s incredibly easy to tap into Satanic power and harm persons other than evangelical Christians.
All this time I thought only God had super powers, but according to Chick, anyone can get them from playing video games or reading books. What book do I have to read to gain teleportation powers?
“What? Save that monster? Isn’t that crazy?”
And I want a gun that goes “Blam! Blam!”
For angels portrayed as warriors watch The Prophecy (with Christopher Walken), or certain episodes of The X Files and Millenium.
CS Lewis was upset with the cuddly depictions of angels in contemporary art. 'In the Bible, angels are terrifying and awesome figures who must say “Be not afraid.”. In contemporary art, angels are chubby babies and matronly aunts who say “There, there.”.
Back To The OP
Oh what was that Tommy Lee Jones movie? He’s an indian and his granddaughter is abducted by a gang that includes an evil medicine man? That’s what this tract reminded me of.
What’s with the attack on Native American shamanism?
Is there a rising tide of interest in indigenous religions I should be aware of?
Or, if you can kill someone with corpse powder, why bother summoning half-assed demons who will turn on you when they screw up?
“More chicken, Mr. Wolf?”
Great stuff!!
note: for truly effective corpse powder, you need more than extremities. Think sweetbreads.